1RECONSTRUCT(8) Cyrus IMAP RECONSTRUCT(8)
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6 reconstruct - Cyrus IMAP documentation
7 Reconstruct mailboxes
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11 reconstruct [ -C config-file ] [ -p partition ] [ -x ] [ -r ]
12 [ -f ] [ -U ] [ -s ] [ -q ] [ -G ] [ -R ] [ -o ]
13 [ -O ] [ -M ] mailbox...
14 reconstruct [ -C config-file ] [ -p partition ] [ -x ] [ -r ]
16 [ -f ] [ -U ] [ -s ] [ -q ] [ -G ] [ -R ] [ -o ]
17 [ -O ] [ -M ] -u user...
18 reconstruct [ -C config-file ] [ -p partition ] [ -r ]
20 [ -q ] -V version mailbox...
21 reconstruct [ -C config-file ] [ -p partition ] [ -r ]
23 [ -q ] -V version -u user...
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26 reconstruct rebuilds one or more IMAP mailboxes. It can be used to re‐
27 cover from almost any sort of data corruption.
28 If reconstruct can find existing header and index files, it attempts to
30 preserve any data in them that is not derivable from the message files
31 themselves. The state reconstruct attempts to preserve includes the
32 flag names, flag state, and internaldate.
33 reconstruct derives all other information from the message files.
35 reconstruct reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5)
37 file unless specified otherwise by -C. Any mailbox directory under‐
38 neath the path specified in the partition-news configuration option is
39 assumed to be in news format.
40 reconstruct does not adjust the quota usage recorded in any quota root
42 files. After running reconstruct, it is advisable to run quota(8) with
43 the -f switch in order to fix the quota root files.
44 When upgrading versions of Cyrus software, it may be necessary to run
46 reconstruct with the -V option, to rebuild indexes to a given version
47 (or max for the most recent). Note that the -V option cannot be com‐
48 bined with most other reconstruct options. If a mailbox needs recon‐
49 structing you should do that first, and then upgrade it with -V once
50 it’s good.
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53 -C config-file
54 Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the
55 default imapd.conf(5).
56 -p partition
58 Search for the listed (non-existant) mailboxes on the indicated
59 partition. Create the mailboxes in the database in addition to
60 reconstructing them. (not compatible with the use of wildcards)
61 -x When processing a mailbox which is not in the mailbox list (e.g.
63 via the -p or -f options), do not import the metadata from the
64 mailbox, instead create it anew (this specifically affects at
65 least the mailbox’s seen state unique identifier, user flags,
66 and ACL).
67 -r Recursively reconstruct all sub-mailboxes of the mailboxes or
69 mailbox prefixes given as arguments.
70 -f Examine the filesystem underneath mailbox, adding all directo‐
72 ries with a cyrus.header found there as new mailboxes. Useful
73 for restoring mailboxes from backups.
74 -s Don’t stat underlying files. This makes reconstruct run faster,
76 at the expense of not noticing some issues (like zero byte files
77 or size mismatches). “reconstruct -s” should be quite fast.
78 -q Emit less verbose information to syslog.
80 -n Don’t make any changes. Problems are reported, but not fixed.
82 -G Force re-parsing of the underlying message (checks GUID correct‐
84 ness). Reconstruct with -G should fix all possible individual
85 message issues, including corrupted data files.
86 -I If two mailboxes exist with the same UNIQUEID and reconstruct
88 visits both of them, -I will cause the second mailbox to have a
89 new UNIQUEID created for it. If you don’t specify -I, you will
90 just get a syslog entry telling you of the clash.
91 -R Perform a UID upgrade operation on GUID mismatch files. Use
93 this option if you think your index is corrupted rather than
94 your message files, or if all backup attempts have failed and
95 you’re happy to be served the missing files.
96 -U Use this option if you have corrupt message files in your spool
98 and have been unable to restore them from backup. This will
99 make the mailbox IOERROR free and fix replication.
100 WARNING: this deletes corrupt message files for ever - so make
102 sure you’ve exhausted other options first!
103 -o Ignore odd files in your mailbox disk directories. Probably
105 useful if you are using some tool which adds additional tracking
106 files.
107 -O Delete odd files. This is the opposite of -o.
109 -M Prefer mailboxes.db over cyrus.header - will rewrite ACL or
111 uniqueid from the mailboxes.db into the header file rather than
112 the other way around. This feature was introduced in version
113 3.0.
114 -V version
116 Change the cyrus.index minor version to a specific version.
117 This can be useful for upgrades or downgrades. Use a magical
118 version of max to upgrade to the latest available database for‐
119 mat version.
120 -u Instead of mailbox prefixes, give usernames on the command line
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124 reconstruct -r -f tech.support
125 Recursively reconstruct all mailboxes within the tech.support hier‐
126 archy, restoring any directories containing cyrus.header files.
127 reconstruct -r -f tech.support.Archive.2%
129 Recursively reconstruct all mailboxes within the tech.support.Ar‐
130 chive hierarchy with names beginning with ‘2’, restoring any direc‐
131 tories containing cyrus.header files.
132 reconstruct -r -f -u jsmith
134 Recursively reconstruct all mailboxes belonging to jsmith, restoring
135 any directories containing cyrus.header files.
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138 The options -k (keep flags) and -g (clear GUID) have been deprecated in
139 Cyrus version 2.4.
140 The -u and -V options were added in Cyrus version 2.5.
142 The -M option was added in Cyrus version 3.0.
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146 /etc/imapd.conf
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149 imapd.conf(5)
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152 The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)
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155 1993-2018, The Cyrus Team
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